Lot Essay
Cf. a larger dish carved to the centre with peach-sprays and fruit and flower-sprays in the well illustrated by Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 133.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED RIM DISH
Details
A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED RIM DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY
The central barbed medallion carved with a knotted leafy branch bearing ripe peaches, the fluted cavetto carved with thirteen flowering sprigs including peony, lotus, lingzhi, rose, and chrysanthemum, the everted barbed rim incised with leaves, the reverse freely carved with flower-sprays, the glaze of even attractive sea-green tone (rim chip repaired)
19in. (48cm.) diam., box
EARLY MING DYNASTY
The central barbed medallion carved with a knotted leafy branch bearing ripe peaches, the fluted cavetto carved with thirteen flowering sprigs including peony, lotus, lingzhi, rose, and chrysanthemum, the everted barbed rim incised with leaves, the reverse freely carved with flower-sprays, the glaze of even attractive sea-green tone (rim chip repaired)
19in. (48cm.) diam., box